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A heavy gauge metal barrier protects Forest Road 263 and the canyon west of Montezuma, New Mexico, added as a method of flood and debris control following the fire. Workers from the city of Las Vegas, New Mexico dumping stone and earth to form a breaker to reinforce a bridge from potentially hazardous post-fire flooding of the Gallinas creek.
Smoke from the Las Conchas fire in 2011. This is a partial and incomplete list of wildfires in the US state of New Mexico. New Mexico has dry, windy, and often hot weather conditions that often produce moderate to severe wildfires.
Hermits Peak Fire (escaped prescribed burn) started April 6. The Calf Canyon Fire (escaped pile burn) started April 19. Merged on April 22. Largest and most destructive fire in state history. [16] [17] Collins Fire Catron: 3,030: April 7, 2022: April 11, 2022: Was located in the Reserve Ranger District of the Gila National Forest [18] [19 ...
A sunset seen through a wall of wildfire smoke from the Amtrak train station in Las Vegas, N.M., on Saturday, May 7, 2022. The Castañeda Hotel, right, hosted meals for residents and firefighters ...
Historically, New Mexico’s wildfire season begins in May or June, but this year, wildfires sprung up in the drought-parched New Mexican desert in April. By April 23, more than 20 wildfires were ...
Approximately 1,400 structures have been lost in the flames and an estimated 8,000 people have been evacuated, New Mexico fire officials said in a Tuesday update.
Blue 2 Lincoln: 7,532: May 17: September 11: Fire caused by lightning on Lincoln National Forest. [2] [3] Indios Rio Arriba: 11,477: May 19: August 2: Fire caused by lightning on Santa Fe National Forest and managed for ecological benefit. [4] [5] Antone Catron: 12,455: June 7: July 30: Fire caused by lightning on Gila National Forest and ...
More information about the fires is being communicated via radio broadcast in the area through 1490 AM, as well as the Lincoln County New Mexico incident information website. Residents are also ...